Sven Lakenmacher (born 26 May 1971) is a former East German and German male

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...

player. He was a member of the

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. He was part of the team at the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

, playing two matches. On club level he played for

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. His father was handball player

Wolfgang Lakenmacher Wolfgang Lakenmacher (8 October 1943 – 25 May 2023) was a East German handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics. In 1972 he was part of the East German team which finished fourth in the Olympic tournament. He played all six matc ...

, who competed for East Germany at the

1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ...

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Living people Handball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics 1971 births German male handball players Olympic handball players of Germany Sportspeople from Magdeburg {{Germany-handball-bio-stub